As the great detective said, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is ...

The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...

Scientists have made a stunning discovery of oxygen in the most distant galaxy known, raising questions about how galaxies ...

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

The most dangerous parts of a supernova explosion are the outputs like X-rays and gamma rays. Even though they only share a ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties ...

A team of Japanese researchers has harnessed the power of AI to uncover hidden structures in our galaxy. Using deep learning ...